Train & Road to/of the Clouds in a bilingual English/ Spanish guide from Asiru Editorial providing a background to this famous route, as well as several thematic maps of the area, plus numeous colour photos of the landscape & the infrastructure. Somewhat formal in style, the guide covers various aspects of the 218km route between Salta & La Polvorilla Viaduct in northern Argentina: its history & infrastructure, also geology, vegetation, archaeology, etc, of the surrounding region. The guide also provides an extensive glossary of terms used in it, plus a bibliography for further reading in Spanish. The 71-page guide section is followed by several fold-out pages providing a wide-ranging selection of thematic maps: the route of the line indicating bridges, viaducts, switchbacks & tunnels; aerial photos of various sections to provide a picture of the topography; satellite image of the region; geology & hydrology; vegetation & climate, etc. The guide is illustrated with numerous colour photos of the landscape & various parts of the route ...

Robert Grainier is a day labourer in the American West at the start of the twentieth century
- an ordinary man in extraordinary
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” This is the night mail crossing the border, Bringing the cheque & the postal order...” (W.H. Auden). Wordsworth was the first laureate of locomotives: in fact he railed against them, & against the consequent opening up of the Lakes to holiday hordes (` On the Projected Kendal & Windermere Railway`). His dismay was echoed down the decades by disturbed ruralists, & yet the train has become part of our psychic landscape: some of the best-loved English poems
- Edward Thomas` ` Adlestrop`, or Philip Larkin`s ` Whitsun Weddings`
- have celebrated carriages, platforms & waiting rooms, while locomotion has inspired some of the most characteristic poetry of Dante Gabriel Rossetti & Stevenson, Hardy & Mac Neice, Betjeman & Auden (whose ` Night Mail` was written to accompany a 1930s GPO documentary about the postal express from Euston to Glasgow). Co-edited by two of our most distinguished poets, Train Songs offers a round tour
- from Wordsworth to Hugo Williams & beyond
- starting from the poetry of departures & brief encounters, but taking in the American Blues, the troop trains of two world wars, & the addiction to speed which characterised the European revolutions. Trains have carried the freight of history from the Industrial Revolution onwards
- the Armstice in 1918 was signed in a railway carriage, the death camps were organised around train timetables
- & this new anthology shows how the train in all its forms has exercised a unique hold upon our collective unconscious.





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Train to Nowhere is a war memoir seen through the sardonic eyes of Anita Leslie, a funny & vivacious young woman who reports on her experiences with a dry humour, finding the absurd alongside the tragic. Daughter of a Baronet & first cousin once removed of Winston Churchill, she joined the Mechanized Transport Corps as a fully trained mechanic & ambulance driver during WWII, serving in Libya, Syria, Palestine, Italy, France & Germany. Ahead of her time, Anita bemoans `first-rate women subordinate to second-rate men, ` &, as the British Army forbade women from serving at the front, joined the Free French Forces in order to do what she felt was her duty. Writing letters in Hitler`s recently vacated office & marching in the Victory parade contrast with observations of seeing friends murdered & a mother avenging her son by coldly shooting a prisoner of war. Unflinching & unsentimental, Train to Nowhere is a memoir of Anita`s war, one that, long after it was written, remains poignant & relevant. ...

Train to/of the Clouds at 1:715, 000 approx. in a series of maps of popular sightseeing routes in the northern provinces of Argentina from Asiru Editorial, presenting the region on one side with altitude colouring & on the reverse as a satellite image to provide a very clear impression of the topography. The map covers the famous Train to/of the Clouds route from Salta to the La Polvorilla Viaduct & shows locations of bridges, viaducts, switchbacks & tunnels. Local road network is included. Maps in Asiru series have on one side of a map with altitude colouring & plenty of spot heights & names of various mountain ranges, valleys, rivers & lakes, salt flats, nature reserves, etc. Locations along the highlighted route & selected other places are annotated with their altitude above the sea level. The map shows local road & rail networks, distinguishing between paved & unpaved roads, showing driving distances, & marking locations of fuel supplies. A separate diagram of the road network shows main towns & villages annotated with facilities & services provided in them. The maps have latitude & longitude margin ticks. On the reverse the same area is shown as a satellite image to provide an alternative view of the region ...

In only a few short years, power meters have become an essential training tool for amateur & pro cyclists & triathletes. The first edition of ” Training & Racing with a Power Meter” was largely responsible for popularizing what was once an arcane technology understood by only a few elite coaches & trainers. Now this updated second edition provides significant updates on technology, software tools, training protocols, & workouts, making the benefits of power-based training available to everyone. The new edition provides specific information for triathletes including a complete triathlon training plan. Other significant updates include reviews of the latest hardware, refinements & additions to training plans, additional case studies, more on monitoring fitness & chronic training loads, & new power graphics, charts & tables throughout. ” Training & Racing with a Power Meter” will continue to be the definitive guide to the most important training tool ever developed for endurance sports. ...

When you`re in training, aiming to beat personal goals, what you eat can make all the difference to your performance. This is the book every amateur athlete needs to fuel their training
- a practical, enjoyable, real diet that & fits in with your everyday life. Renee Mc Gregor works with elite athletes to enhance their performance, & in Part 1 of the book she shares the cutting edge science behind sports nutrition in an accessible way, so that you can achieve the results you want, whatever your sport & regardless of what level you train at. To help you incorporate the advice, Renee also provides plans to follow, to show you what & when you should be eating during your training regime. In Part 2 you`ll find over 100 delicious recipes, including nutrient-packed breakfasts such as Sunflower Seed & Chia Porridge, or lunches that will keep you fuelled up throughout training. Great recovery dinners include Coriander Lamb with Quinoa, while there are plenty of options for portable snacks to eat on the go & even desserts such as Potted Lemon Cheesecake to help you achieve optimum nutrition for your training.
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In Training for the New Alpinism, Steve House, world-class climber & Patagonia ambassador, & Scott Johnston, coach of U.S. National Champions & World Cup Nordic Skiers, translate training theory into practice to allow you to coach yourself to any mountaineering goal. Applying training practices from other endurance sports, House & Johnston demonstrate that following a carefully designed regimen is as effective for alpinism as it is for any other endurance sport & leads to better performance. They deliver detailed instruction on how to plan & execute training tailored to your individual circumstances. Whether you work as a banker or a mountain guide, live in the city or the country, are an ice climber, a mountaineer heading to Denali, or a veteran of 8, 000-meter peaks, your understanding of how to achieve your goals grows exponentially as you work with this book. Chapters cover endurance & strength training theory & methodology, application & planning, nutrition, altitude, mental fitness, & assessing your goals & your strengths. Chapters are augmented with inspiring essays by world-renowned climbers, including Ueli Steck, Mark Twight, Peter Habeler, Voytek Kurtyka, & Will Gadd. Filled with photos, graphs, & illustrations. ...

This training record book is written by the MNTB & approved by the MCA. It will be invaluable for trainee officers whilst undertaking onboard training leading to a certificate of competency for Second Engineer Officer (less than 9000k W, less than 3000GT). ...